Candida tropicalis endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors – What to do?

Abstract

A 65-year-old female patient with Candida tropicalis infective endocarditis on the aortic valve underwent aortic valve replacement. In the postoperative period a head computer tomography revealed a left temporal arachnoid cyst, diagnosed as fungal meningitis. We outline a successful treatment approach for this high-risk patient.

Keywords

• Endocarditis
• Candida tropicalis
• Aortic valve